Flour sifter



July 28, 1925.

R. C. CONDITA FLOUR SIFTER Fi1ed`Sept. 6, 1924 [Ll I INVENTGB:

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PatentedJuly 2.8, 192.5. Y,

. UNITEDLSTATES I rnoun sirrnn. l l

Application vfiled lSeptember 6,741,924. Serial No. 736,370. y

To all whom it may concern: w Be it known that I, RUTH C. Cnoimrrya citizen of theUnited States, Yresiding at .'Glendive, in the county of Dawson and" Y State of Mont-ana, have invented certain new 1 and useful Improvements in Flour Sifte'rs, of which the following is a specification. F

My invention relates to improvements in reversible flour sifters and thel object is to provide a simple and efiicient .sifter in which the contents may be thoroughly sifted and mixed without removal from the device.

In the accompanying drawing:

Fig. 1 is mainly a vertical sectional elevation of my improved flour sifter, the upper portion of the receptacle,the handle and the agitators being shown in full. Y

Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view as on line '2-21 in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is on line 3 3 in Fig. 2 and Fig. 4 is also an enlarged sectional detail as on line 4 4 in Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawing by referencev numerals 5 designates a cylindrical hopper or receptacle open at both ends and provided withsuitable closures 6-7, the latter being preferably made with so-called bayonet slots 8 adapted to-engage projecting pins 9 Vin the receptacle wall.

The receptacle is normally in vertical position and at its center I provide a screen 10 suitably secured to the innersides by soldering, welding or other means as at 11 in a horizontal plane and dividing" the receptacleinto an upper and a lower vcompartment. f v

12 is a vertical handle rotatably mounted on pins 13 which are rotatable in the outer ends of two 14 projecting from the side of the receptacle.

15-16 are two sifting members preferably made of heavy wire and each of anv elongated spiral form (see Fig.2) andhaving shanks 15M-16a projecting through a pair of horizontal slots 17 in the'receptacle, thence both projecting horizontally to and suitably secured in the handle 12 (see Figs.

The sifting members preferably contact with the screen, one on each side thereof.

18 is a lug or embossment secured on the outer side of the receptacle and having two horizontal slots 18a registering with the slots -1 17 ,the shanks 15aN an enlarged sectional detail as fixed vertically spaced, fixed arms j I 16a passing therethrough' and movable horizontally therein. The lug 18 has its fontervertical face curved as 18b (-Fig. 2) fon aradius from the-center ofthe nd. the slots 18a arenormallyv covered by'a similarly curvedsheet metal. plate 20 lhaving two properly spaced holes handle 12 a 21fin'1wliich the Shanks r,15a-T16a are slidably inserted.. The plate'120 is spring lpressed L Vagainst the boss 18 by aspring 22 held in compression by a fixed collar 23 onv each shank. The plate 2O pressed against the boss`18thusforms a leak proof construction. Y

In the use of my device the operatorfirst remo-ves the upper closure, as '6 in Fig. 1,

pours the desiredamount of .flour into the receptacle and then replaces the closure 6. Then the operator grasps the handle V12 and holding it firmly in vertical position moves the hand back and forth 'horizontally caus-l ing the receptacle to `swing from side to side about the pivots 13; thesifting members will of course move back and forth on the-screen'and the fiour isrsifted through to the lower chamber.V The receptacle is inverted after the flour has been sifted through the screen and the sifting process is repeated as often as necessary to break up small particles and reduce the fiour to the finest pulverized form, which is highly desirable 'and necessary lfor first class baking. j The' receptacle being swung in a horizontal plane and :about the handle the reason for making the curvature of the boss 18 andplate A2O radial from said handle is lobvious.V The leak proof const ruction set forth is one of the main features of the device.

It. is obvious also j that. the horizontal swingingmotion of the receptacle is greater than the motion ofthe agitators or siftingmembers 1'5-16and therefore the latter will move over practically the entire area of the screen and saidhorizontal movement of the' receptacle is only limited bythe agitator contacting with 'the walls of the receptacle.

What I claim is: v

j 1. In, a flour sifter, a' cylindrical v container'having means for opening either end of it; two. rigidV arms projecting radially from kone side of the container, a vertically disposed handle pivotally mounted'between the outer ends of said arms; a screen mounted transversely within the container, an

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agitator swingable near by and parallel to the screen, and having a partV extending through a slotted portion of the side of the container and seoured'in said handle,

tal face With the center of the segment in the `Center of kthe handle, a plate with corresponding segmental curve slidable on the face of the embossment, and means for holding the plate in engagement With the agitator arm, and means holding theplate in close sliding Contact With the segmental face.'

2.7The structure specified in claim l, in which the means holding the curved plate with even and constant pressure close to the segmental tace, Vconsists of a coil spring en-` -eirling the arm of the agitator and a collar on said arm adjusted to hear against the spring. Y.

3, The structurespeoiied in claim l, in which the agitator consists of two'similar members, one arranged at each side of the screen or sieve proper, and having eaehan arm fixed in the handle, and a spring vupon each arm pressing gently the segmental plate against the segmental face, and a collar on each arm, adjustable toward the Y spring thereon.

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RUTH o. ooNniT.

In testimony *whereof I afliXk mjy-signa-` 

